Cantillon Vigneronne

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Brussels, Belgium

750 ML bottle, Bottled 2001, #494. Thank you Santa FooFaa! A honey colored brew, slightly hazy with an off-white head that quickly fades to a ring hugging the edge of the glass. Definately has that "Barnyard" scent to it, heavy tannins, like a young Carbernet. My mouth starts to water every time I smell a Lambic, just like pickled peppers! Pure pucker juice, though not as bad, (or good depending on your perspective) as the regular Gueuze is, slightly mellower, astringent, lightly fruity plenty of old barrel flavors. I’m glad I have a good bottle stopper, I can’t imagine drinking the entire bottle by myself in one sitting. Though I appreciate the style now more than I did when I first tried it a few years ago, I seriously doubt it will ever climb into the top 10 of mine.

Cloudy gold. A thin white head disspappears quickly. I can smell this one from a few feet away. Lemon& funk. Closer inspection reveals yeast, lemon, light honey, wood, orange and.. god help me.. cat piss. Sour even for Cantillon with oak, lemon, funk, very tart/sour orange. Slight vinousness and some honey in the finish. Grapefruit as well.

Bottled. pours a pale copper with strawberry colored hues. Big white head fades quickly leaving no lace. Slight horse blanket aroma with some apple, hay, grape and earthy notes. Tart and somewhat bitter with a dry, musty aftertaste. Tastes of grapefruit, cobwebs and straw. Very understated and pleasant to drink.

Pale yellow with a lot of fizz and a strange cheesy aroma. The first taste was sweet and cidery, but the overwhelming impression was refreshingly tart and dry. Grapefruit and other citrus flavours came and went. Unusual, challenging beer.

2004 bottle. Fizzy, zero head, slightly hazy. Strangely timid aroma for a Cantillon with much less funk than usual. Sesame seeds, oak, white eating grapes and salt and vinegar chips. Quite savoury and dry with some aspirin flavour and mild fruity sweetness. I was expecting something stomach-upsettingly sour like the FouFoune I had with kook, but it turned out to be one of the least sour Cantillon fruit lambics I’ve had. Feels a little hard or chalky. I dunno about this one, it wasn’t refreshing like I was expecting. By Cantillon’s standards this was disappointing.

Hazy blonde lambic with a thick white head. Nice fresh white grape aroma with sour apples. Sweet white wine in mouth, with pleasant sourness and light bodied. Tart and fruity offering. Sampled at Quintessence Cantillon 2005.

Hazy pale yellow, thin white head. Citric, grapefruit, rubber barnyard nose. Earthy, moist cellar flavour. Quite refreshing. Somewhat fruity palate.

Pours more carbonated than others I’ve had from Cantillon. Clear yellow. Very musky and sour aroma with meaty yeast in the aroma. Tart and dry with a kind of basement mold funkiness in the flavor. Very refreshing and not as acidic as some of their others.